Legionella species diversity in an acidic biofilm community in Yellowstone National Park

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 507-511

  Sheehan, Kathy B ^a   Henson, Joan M ^a   Ferris, Michael J ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Research Institute for Children at Children's Hospital New Orleans   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CULTIVATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GENES; PH; RNA; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

ALGAL MAT; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; GEOTHERMAL HABITATS; GEOTHERMAL STREAM;

BIOFILMS;

RNA 16S; RNA 18S; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATER;

ALGAL MAT; AQUATIC COMMUNITY; BIOFILM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; EUGLENA; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NATIONAL PARK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; EUGLENA; HOT SPRINGS; LEGIONELLA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUGLENA; EUKARYOTA; LEGIONELLA; NEGIBACTERIA; TATLOCKIA MICDADEI;

EID: 12244273715     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.1.507-511.2005     Document Type: Article

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